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Louis Vuitton Flagship Store in Guam. Architects:Barthélémy & Griño Architectes +Louis Vuitton Dept. of Architecture, Paris 
Guam is the largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands in the western PacificOcean. It is administered as an unincorporated territory of the US, and in view of its important strategic position, it has been a naval and air-force base since 1949.
Architects:Barthélémy & Griño Architectes +Louis Vuitton Dept. of Architecture, Paris
Dak Coutts, Nathalie Fremont
Assistants: Camille Giuliani, Sébastien Hamonou, Nicolas Herrgott, Stéphanie Robin, Clément Oudin
Structural engineers: Terrell Rooke, Paris
 
Site plan scale 1:4000 , Sections • Floor plans scale 1:400
1 Entrance, 2 Lounge, 3 Shop window, 4 Store room, 5 Mechanical services, 6 Staff room, 7 Shopping mall, 8 Packing, 9 Void, 10 Office, 11 Sales area, 12 Discussion space
Upper floor
Intermediate floor
 
Ground floor
Guam is the largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands in the western Pacific Ocean. It is administered as an unincorporated territory of the US, and in view of its important strategic position, it has been a naval and air-force base since 1949. It is scarcely surprising, therefore, that a luxury label has built one of its flagship stores on the island, in close proximity to other noble boutiques, top restaurants and hotels. The ornamental facade of the store, which marks the beginning of a shopping strip, displays the LV insignia of Louis Vuitton. Industrially hewn from artificial stone and divided into elements that can be more easily handled and assembled, the facade also has to be able to withstand the effects of earthquakes and typhoons. This is achieved by suspending the units from stainless-steel brackets and struts. The grating-like openings not only create an attractive interplay of light and shade internally with interesting lighting effects at night; they also help to protect the building against damage from storms. In contrast to the heavy stone facade, the ground floor is designed entirely in glass with showcase windows. Transparent areas of glazing are overlaid with translucent checked patterns, which were applied to both layers of the laminated glass in a screen-printing process, creating a slightly shimmering effect for passers-by.
1 reconstructed stone capping
2 roof sealing layer
3 cast-stone elements on 40 / 40 mm SHS -stainless-steel frame, fixed with stainless-steel clips to 200 mm reinforced concrete wall
4 stainless-steel pins
5 satin-finished stainless-steel grating
6 stainless-steel post-and-rail facade
7 ventilation plant
8 50 mm powder-coated sandwich panel
9 50 / 30 mm and 50 / 50 mm cast-stone elements (V-pattern)
10 80 / 50 mm cast-stone -elements (L-pattern)
11 100 / 18 mm stainless-steel strip
12 fixed glazing: 2≈ 4 mm toughened glass with 10 mm cavity
13 storm-resistant panel (when required)
14 24 mm laminated glass, screen-printed
15 light fitting 16 120 / 40 / 10 mm cast-stone angle
16 120 / 40 / 10 mm cast-stone angle
17 silicone
18 stainless-steel bolt
Section scale 1:20 
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